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Enterprise Architecture Governance Checklist
A practical checklist for reviewing systems, data, integrations, infrastructure, security, SaaS platforms, and AI readiness.
Section 01
A practical review for modern software and AI systems
Enterprise architecture governance helps teams understand how systems connect, who owns what, where data moves, and which risks need decisions.
Section 02
Application portfolio
System name
Business owner
Technical owner
Users
Purpose
Data stored
Integrations
Vendor
Security level
Lifecycle status
Section 03
Governance checklist
Data governance
Confirm data owners, source systems, sensitive classification, retention rules, access permissions, quality reviews, lineage, AI approval, exports, and backups.
Integration governance
Confirm API documentation, authentication, sync direction, error handling, logging, rate limits, vendor dependency, fallback, and security review.
Cloud and infrastructure
Confirm hosting environment, regions, backup, monitoring, disaster recovery, network rules, access review, cost, capacity, and AI workload impact.
Section 04
Governance meeting agenda
Open decisions
New systems
New AI use cases
Integration changes
Security risks
Data issues
Platform roadmap
Vendor changes
Architecture exceptions
Next approvals